It doesn't matter how long it takes, we'll get it eventually. As for modchips, well most people are softmodding nowadays.

I agree, I was just making an observation that Nintendo is probably trying to stop the use of backups (legal or otherwise). It won't work, we all know that. They know that. But the do it anyway just to be a pain in the butt.

Planning to replace that aging Blu-ray player with a Wii U? Not so fast. Nintendo president Satoru Iwatasays the gaming console won't play DVD or Blu-ray discs, due to patent licensing fees.

Wii U does not have DVD or Blu-ray playback capabilities. The reason for that is that we feel that enough people already have devices that are capable of playing DVDs and Blu-ray, such that it didn't warrant the cost involved to build that functionality into the Wii U console because of the patents related to those technologies.

So there you have it. Iwata doesn't want to hand over a bag of cash for baby Blu's "bag of hurt." By the time the Wii U hits store shelves in 2012, we may be buying Blu-ray players just for their Netflix capabilities, so here's to hoping the console at least carries over that functionality from its predecessor.